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Last updated 9 November 2026. SPUZL is a free puzzle game for players aged 13 and up. We collect as little as we can.

What we collect

  • Birth month and year, never the day. We ask when you start, and use them only to work out your age group (13 to 15, 16 to 17, or 18 and up), which decides the age rules that apply to you. Your age group moves up on its own as you get older. You can't change your birth month and year yourself once set; if they are wrong, contact usand our team can correct them. They are never shown to other players, and we delete them with your account.
  • Nickname and Spuz look. These show on boards, leagues and your profile.
  • Email, only if you choose to sign in with email or Google. We use it to sign you in and recover your account.
  • Google sign-in. If you continue with Google, Google shares your name, email address and profile picture with SPUZL. We use them only to create and sign in to your account. Your public nickname is the one you choose, not your Google name. We never post for you, read your contacts or sell or share Google data. You can remove SPUZL from your Google account any time at myaccount.google.com, and delete your SPUZL data in Settings.
  • City and country, only if you add them in Settings, for local boards. If you are under 16, your city never shows publicly.
  • Your games. Times, hints, mistakes and the moves you made, so we can check clears and rank results fairly.
  • Social activity. Friends, requests, blocks, reactions and reports you send.
  • Feedback you send from the contact form, with the page you sent it from, your age group and, only if you add it, your email. We keep it to answer and act on it, and delete it with your account.
  • Anonymous usage stats about page loads and speed, which don't identify you.

What we never do

  • We don't sell your data or show ads, and there is no third-party ad tracking.
  • We don't run open chat, so there are no private messages to store.
  • We don't collect precise location, contacts, photos or the day you were born.

How long we keep it

  • Your profile (including your birth month and year), results and progress: for as long as you have an account.
  • Move-by-move logs: 90 days, unless a result was flagged for review.
  • Anonymous usage stats: up to 12 months.

Your choices

  • Hide your activity from friends in Settings, Privacy.
  • Download everything we hold about you, including your birth month and year, as a file from Settings, Account.
  • Delete your account from the same place. It is removed straight away, with your birth month and year, results, friends and Sparks. It can't be undone.

Players under 16

Under-16 players appear on boards with nickname and avatar only. Friends can only be added with an invite link or QR code. If you look after a young player and want their account removed, contact us. Players under 13 can't use SPUZL: if the birth month and year you enter make you under 13, we don't create an account and keep nothing.

Where your data lives

SPUZL runs on Supabase (database and sign-in) and Vercel (the app), both hosted in London, United Kingdom. They process data only to run SPUZL for us.

On your device

We store a sign-in cookie, your settings and today's puzzles on your device so the game works offline. Nothing here is used for advertising.

Changes

If we change how we use your data, we'll update this page and tell you in the app before it takes effect.

Questions? Get in touch.